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IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-SHELLER f- -Q The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILo FERRIER, of Ypsilanti, in the county of Washt-enaw, and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Corn- Shellers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which,

Figure 1 is a plan or top view of my improved cornshelle'r, and

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section on line a: x

i of fig. 1.

Corresponding letters refer to correspondin parts in both of the figures.

This invention relates to and is designed as an improvement upon'the device patented to Ebenezer Morrison, June 10, 1856; and

It consists- First, in the bearing, arranged upon the outside of the machine, for the horizontal shaft.

Secondly, in the construction ofthe slotted segmental bearing, arranged upon the inside of the machine, for the reception of the opposite end of said shaft.

Thirdly, in the construction of the bearings which receive the upper ends of the cylinder-shafts, and the horizontal shaft, upon which the gear-wheels are placed, for driving or rotating such cylinders; and

Fourthly, in the combination of these several devices with the other parts of the machine, as will he more fully described hereafter.

A, in the drawings, represents the frame-work of the machine, which may be of the construction shown in the patent above referred to, or of any other form adapted to receive my improvements, the drawings showing clearly how such frame may be constructed.

B B represent two rollers, with ribs, or projections, upon their surfaces, for detaching or removing the 60m from the cob.

These ribbed cylinders may be made of cast-iron, and cast in one piece with the arms and hub, by which they are secured to the shafts which hold them in position; or, if preferred, the shaft may constitute a portion of the casting, and thus the cylinder, the spider,- and the shaft, be one piece, which will reduce the cost of constructing the machine.

0 0 represent my improved bearings, which consist of arms, or projections, formed on a bar, or plate, of metal, which extends transversely across the machine, and is to be secured to the inner surface thereof by bolts or screws.

To the upper or outer ends of these arms, a boss is attached, as shown at O in fig. 2, which is of sufficient length to receive the ends of the shafts of the cylinders B B, and form bearings therefor, while, at the same time, they form the bearings for the shaft upon which the gear-wheels which rotate the cylinders are pIa'ed, such shaft passing through the opening shown at a in fig. 2

D represents. a shaft, which extends horizontally across the machine, one end of which may pass through one side of such machine, and rest in bearing F, upon the outside thereof.

Upon this shaft, a wheel is secured, which serves to.- heap the corn against the cylinder, while being shelled.

E represents a plate, of metal, which is to be secured to the interior surface of the machine, and which is to have, upon one of its surfaces, a flange, raised, as shown in fig. 2, which flange shallhave, within it, a recess which will be of a width sufficient to receive the end of shaft D, and of a length sufficient to allow for the movements of that end of the shaft, which are required by the varying sizes of the ears of the corn to be shelled.

The inner edges of this flange are to be formed into a segment of a circle, the radius of which will be equal to that of a circle described by the shaft D, if swept entirely around in such circle, the object being to provide that the shoulder on shaft D shall, at all times,

during its movement, bear against such flange.

F represents across-head, which is to be attached to shaft D, upon its outer end, which head is to have, upon its outer ends, journals, which rest in the bearings F F',-the object being to provide for the partial rotation of the cross-head, as the opposite end of the shaft is carried from or made to approachthe cylinders B B.

F F represent the bearings for the cross-head, which are to be secured to the outside of the machine, in any suitable manner.

Having thus described my invention, What claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1 The construction of the cross-head F, in combination with the shaft D and frame A of a corn-sheller, substantially as shown and described.

2. The curved bearing E, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The construction of the bearings O, substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination of the bearings G with the shafts of the shelling-cylinders, and the shaft to which the driving-gears are attached, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PHILO FERRIER. Witnesses:

WM. CAMPBELL, H. SWEET. 

